The highlight of our calendar is Ven-Ven’s birthday on May 30th. He’ll be 12 human years old or 64 in cat years. Ven-Ven or Vennie is, of course, our lovely chat au chateau. His official name is Ventura and he’s a pedigree Tonkinese (half Burmese, half Siamese)…

Anyone who came to the Chateau ten years ago or more and who peeked behind closed doors might remember Christophe’s room when it was a scruffy, makeshift kitchen.

I don’t have many raw materials around me at the moment, so I’m making the most of what I have to hand. Luckily I have a bolt of French handwoven fabric and some coloured quilting threads…

A few weeks ago we posted about the transformation of La Mezzanine and how last winter we created some new bedrooms for guests at Chateau Dumas.

Bridget Bailey returns to Chateau Dumas again in 2020 to teach a flower making workshop. She’ll show students how to manipulate materials to create perfectly sculpted pieces.

Making A Life is a new book by Melanie Falick with photography by Rinne Allen. In making the beautiful book, Melanie travelled across the globe to meet quilters and potters, weavers and painters, metalsmiths…

Next summer we look forward to welcoming Emily Jo Gibbs and Selvedge Magazine to Chateau Dumas for Emily’s Illustrative Pictures, 22-29 August 2020.

Last winter we added two new ensuite bedrooms with air-conditioning for guests visiting Chateau Dumas. The rooms were converted from the old grain store which is part of the Coach House

Jacques-Julien Houtou de Labillardiere will be joining us at Chateau Dumas next summer with Susie Vickery and Selvedge Magazine for the Making a Historical French Mannequin Workshop, 22-29 August 2020…

This month I was excited to receive Making A Life, a new book by Melanie Falick with beautiful photography by Rinne Allen. In making the beautiful book, Melanie travelled across the globe to ask artists and designers an important question...

A lot of wonderful things have happened behind the scenes in the past twelve months. Firstly, we’ve added two lovely new air-conditioned ensuite bedrooms in the Coach House and refurbished a third bedroom…